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Rat Strains Flashcards

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ACI (A C Irish)

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congenital genitourinary abnormalities, prostatic adenocarcinomas
agouti w white belly/feet

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BB/Wor (outbred Wistar at Biobreeding Labs):

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juvenile insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (Type 1)
BBDP=diabetes prone
BBDR=resistant (control)
albino

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BN (Brown Norway):

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inducible, transplantable myeloid leukemia; hydronephrosis; bladder carcinoma; allergy studies
autoimmune dz model

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BUF (Buffalo):

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spontaneous autoimmune thyroiditis, host for transplantable Morris hepatoma; endocrine tumors

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COP (Copenhagen, white w a brown hood):

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prostate adenocarcinoma; resist estrogen induced mammary tumors

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F-344 (Fischer 344):

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inbred rat model for National Toxicology Program’s Carcinogen Bioassay Program and the National Institute on Aging; high incidence of interstitial cell tumor and LGL leukemia
albino

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LEW (Lewis):

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multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, various experimentally induced autoimmune diseases
albino

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LOU/C (Louvain):

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Myeloma, production of IgG autoantibody

albino

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SHR (spontaneous hypertensive rat):

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hypertension, cardiovascular research; derived from WKY (used as control)
albino

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WF (Wistar-Furth):

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mononuclear cell leukemia

albino

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Zucker Diabetic Fatty, ZDF

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obesity
Neuropathy, wound healing, periodontal dz
Carries fa/fa mutation for leptin receptor
Males and females fed different diets to induce diabetes

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Brattleboro (DI):

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diabetes insipidus (autosomal recessive)
absence of vasopressin
white w black hood

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Gunn

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Jaundice, kernicterus (a recessive), hyperbilirubinemic model of Crigler Najjar (Ugt1a1 mutation)
elevated unconjugated bilirubin
Lacks the enzyme uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferase (UDPGT)
single gene - hydronephrosis
albino

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Obese SHR:

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Type 4 hyperlipoproteinemia (a recessive)

albino

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Outbred:

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Sprague Dawley, Wistar (original lab rat), Long Evans (hooded, has fewer mammary tumors and resistant to infectious disease)

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Wistar Kyoto (WKY):

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control for SHR, inbred from Wistar

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Dahl salt sensitive (SS):

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hypertensions, obese hyperlipidemic hyperinsulemic

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Long Evans Cinnamon (LEC):

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icterus, hyper bilirubinemic model of Wilson’s disease

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RNU

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Foxn1rnu, athymic T cell deficient (Chr 10)
• Hairless (rnunz, New Zealand) and cyclic hair growth varieties
• Congenital hypoplasia of the thymus
• Females fertile, but poor development of mammary glands so best to breed hets

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zucker obese, zucker fatty

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obese
Recessive mutation (fa) of the leptin-receptor protein (Chr5)
does not dev Type 2 DM
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FHH

Fawn-hooded Hypertensive

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White with fawn hood
Hypertension
Hereditary bleeding disorder (platelet storage pool deficiency)

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RCS

Royal College of Surgeons

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Pink-eyed, tan-hooded
Retinal degeneration (carries gene for retinal dystrophy)
Model of human retitinitis pigmentosa
23
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Dahl Hypertensive-Sensitive (SS/Jr)

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albino
Hypertension
Control=SR/Jr
High salt diet induces hypertension sooner

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SHROB

Spontaneously Hypertensive Obese Rat…Koletsky Rat

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albino
Obesity
Spontaneous hypertension
Absence of leptin receptor

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DIO

Dietary-Induced Obesity Prone

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albino
Obese (hypertension when obese)
High fat, sucrose, carb diet
Develops significant obesity with normal leptin levels (others are leptin/ leptin receptor deficient)

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NBL

Noble rat

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white w black hood

Prostate carcinoma

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Eisai Hyperbilirubinuria Rat

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Dubin-Johnson syndrome (hereditary conjugated hyperbilirubinemia)
Autosomal recessive

28
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Beige

DA-bg/bg= dark agouti

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Chediak-Higashi syndrome

↓NK cell and neutrophil chemotaxis

29
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Spotting Lethal Mutant Rat

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Congenital aganglionosis (Hirschprung’s)
Also known as Piebald (Ednrb)
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DA

Dark Agouti

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EAE (myelin basic protein and IFA)
Rheumatoid arthritis (induce with IFA/type II collagen)
AUTOIMMUNE DZ

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SHHF

Spontaneous Hypertensive Heart Failure

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Obesity
Type 2 diabetes
CHF

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SHRSP

SHR-Stroke Prone

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Cerebral hemorrhage/infarction

M>F

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Han:SPRD

Han:Sprague-Dawley (Cy/+)

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Autosomal Dominant polycystic kidney dz (ADPKD)…Bright’s DZ

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LW

Lobund-Wistar

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Prostate adenocarcinoma

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GAERS

Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rat from Strasbourg

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Absence Epilepsy

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WAG/Rij

Wistar Albino Glaxo

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Absence epilepsy
Retinal degeneration
Retinitis pigmentosa

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GEPR

Genetically Epilepsy-Prone

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Epilepsy (sound stimulus)
GEPR/3-15 days of age
GEPR/9-21 days of age

38
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Cohen Diabetic

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Non-obese model of diabetes
Normotensive
Cohen-Rosenthal=hypertensive variant

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